Conferences, Seminars and Events
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‘The Long Parliament and State Formation’ colloquium report
Last month, our Commons, 1640-1660 section hosted a colloquium to discuss their research to date and to prepare for work on their survey volume. Dr Vivienne Larminie reports back… The outbreak of civil war in August 1642 landed Parliament in…
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Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England – colloquium report
Dr Paul Cavill, lecturer in early modern history at the University of Leeds, reports back from last weekend’s colloquium ‘Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England’… The History of Parliament Trust and the Centre for Early Modern British…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Rhodri Morgan, ‘Wales and the United Kingdom Question’
Reporting back from our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people‘ seminar… A more modern focus at our last seminar of the term when we heard from Rhodri Morgan; MP for Cardiff West from 1987-2001, shadow minister for Labour from 1988-1997 and…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Jonathan Fitzgibbons (Cambridge) ‘Concord or Discord?: The Third Protectorate Parliament and the Pitfalls of J.T. Rutt’s edition of Thomas Burton’s Diary’
Our first seminar update of the new term… At our latest Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, Dr Jonathan Fitzgibbons made a strident attack on what is still one of the key texts for historians studying the last days of the…
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Call for Papers: ‘Protean Patriots? New Research on the Patriot Opposition to Sir Robert Walpole’, Friday 7 June, Hampton Court Palace
A call for papers for a conference on the opposition to Walpole this summer… Building on the History of Parliament’s ‘Politics and patronage: a tercentenary colloquium for Frederick, Prince of Wales’ conference in 2007, Oliver Cox (University of Oxford) and…
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British MPs at work: Dr Emma Crewe’s parliamentary workshop
Last month, the History of Parliament played host to a workshop organised by Dr Emma Crewe of SOAS, University of London, to discuss her current research on the modern day House of Commons. The History was brought right up to…
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Upcoming colloquium, 20 April 2013: Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England
The History of Parliament is supporting a one-day colloquium, organised by Paul Cvill and Alexandra Gajda through the Centre for Early Modern British and Irish History, to be held on Saturday 20 April, in the Habakkuk Room, Jesus College, Oxford.…
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Conference report: ‘The Liberal Party, Unionism and Political Culture’
A conference report for us from two of the Victorian Commons: Alongside their research for the History of Parliament’s 1832-1868 Commons project, Dr. James Owen and Dr. Kathryn Rix share an interest in late nineteenth century political culture. They were…
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Parliament, Politics and People Seminar: Caroline Shenton
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the History’s Commons, 1832-68 project and one of the Victorian Commons bloggers, reports back from the second ‘Parliament, Politics and People’ seminar of the term, given by Caroline Shenton earlier this week. The ‘Parliament,…